My Bothersome Life Chapter 26

Rika's POV

I see Alex's flushed cheeks as he silently walks with me back to our room . Maybe he was holding hands with me knowing I was feeling a little dizzy?

I was touched by his actions, but I felt like a older sister watching her younger brother trying to grow up .

I thought of myself as about twenty three years old now . I spent 17 years in my past life and six years in this life . Even though my academic skills were a bit lacking compared to these bright ten and eleven year olds, I was mentally over ten years older than them .

I gave Alex a warm smile to thank him for guiding the way . When our eyes met, he quickly looked away to the other direction and resumed walking while avoiding my face .

AdvertisementAww . How cute .

Luke wasn't as cute as Alex . He would look at me directly and nag me all the time to behave a certain way .

When we got to our room, Alex didn't let go of my hand as his grip became tighter . "I think we need to have a talk . " Alex said in a serious tone .

"What do you want to say?" I asked very confused .

"I'm not as good as Luke when it comes to looking over your health, but I think you shouldn't overexert yourself right after you got out of the infirmary room . I apologize for my behaviour a week ago when I pushed you to study after you asked for a break . However-" (Alex)

Oh . So that awkward atmosphere was because Alex was looking for a timing to apologize . "It's not your fault!" I interrupted him .

"I should have been able to look after my own health more and I didn't . I didn't want to burden you with more minus points," I said with convincingly .

"Well, you don't have to worry about that . Just work on getting better!" Alex said sincerely .

I nodded and got into my bed to rest onto my new pillow and blanket . If Alex was getting this worried, I was going to rest for the weekend .

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Alex's POV

After eating my dinner, I was heading to meet Allan to practice mana together . While I was walking to the mana practice room, I encountered Michelle talking to someone using her translucent marble .

"Sure, I'll transfer the files over right now . " Michelle said cheerfully .

"Thanks!"

The person on the other side of the call, reminded me of Rika . Even though I have only occasionally met Rika few times ever since kindergarten, I had a long-lasting memory of her each time we met due to her eccentric behaviour .

However, there was especially two that stood out lately:

One was when she made Allan kneel down at the field for about six hours . Both Helena and I know that whenever Allan doesn't get what he really wants, he throws tantrums by sitting down somewhere and not moving from that spot until he gets what he wants .

That was the tactic that Allan used to persuade Rika when she thought of doing a very 'Rikthing' to do and decided not to attend any classes . Anyone who grew up in the first district couldn't imagine skipping classes due to our strict upbringing ingrained within us ever since we were born .

Allan told me he was absolutely shocked when he heard that from Rika (not that I blame him though) . At that time, both Allan and I felt even worse for Luke that had to keep Rika in check all the time .

Another one was where we got -110 000 points . Of course, the minus points shocked me, but Rika getting sick for about one week was surprising . When I sneaked into the infirmary room to check up on how she was doing, Rika looked very pale and somber .

I suddenly felt really ashamed of myself for trying to keep Rika awake with a water gun . I knew I had to apologize sometime, but I didn't know how . At that time, I just didn't want to get -100 000 points like Allan did .

I rarely apologized to other people, because my family had a high standing even in the first district . The only families that could rival our status and power was the families of Luke and Michelle .

So after pondering for a while, I decided to go where Rika was and get the apology over with and asked Michelle where Rika may be .

I hoped Rika wouldn't overexert herself after she got better, or else I would have to continue earning enough points for the two of us .

Chapter end